It started to snow lightly as they approached the cave; the first snow of the season. Suddenly, a voice called from behind one of the trees.

"That's far enough!" two men armed with crossbows came out from behind a tree.

"Queeny here is to go alone! You two are to stay here!"

Elsa got off her horse and turned to her companions. Jase and Kristoff got down from there steeds and nodded in response. Jase, however, walked up to the queen and gave a final few words.

"You be careful in there? OK?... Don't let the fear get to you. Just focus on what you need to do."

"Thank you." She replied, and then she looked to Kritsoff and Olaf, "I promise, one way or another, I'll get her back."

"I know you will" said Kristoff with a supportive tone in his voice.

Elsa followed the man to the cave, while the other man stayed to watch her companions. As she walked in, she was amazed at how large it was on the inside. The sides gleamed with ice with an interesting shade. Elsa recognized it as ice that was made by magic, as it had a texture similar to her ice palace. She was lead around a corner to see Hans standing in front of the block of Ice containing Gregor.

"Welcome queen Elsa, shall we begin?"

Elsa responded "Where is Anna?!"

"Oh that's right. Ok boys, bring her out!"

Elsa looked to the right and saw Anna, hands tied behind her back, being led out of a smaller cavern.

"Elsa?" Anna said, surprised to see her sister again so soon.

Without hesitation, Elsa made a cloud of snow and blew one of the men holding Anna away, while shooting a beam of ice that knocked the sword from the other man holding her. But then, all of the men drew crossbows at, all pointing at Anna.

"One more move, Elsa!" yelled Hans, trying to prevent her from making another move, "...and she gets it!"

Elsa immediately stopped. She saw that even if she could take out two or three men, she couldn't stop all of them.

"Elsa!" yelled Anna, "Don't do it! Just get out of here…" she tried to yell, but one of the men put a gag on her mouth.

"Leave her alone!" yelled Elsa, afraid that in one second, one of those arrows could go off.

"Then thaw him! Now!" yelled Hans as the men raised their crossbows. Elsa knew that there was nothing more she could do. She turned to Anna, whose eyes were wide open, as if trying to plead with her. Then Elsa turned to the block of ice, raised her hands, and slowly, the ice began to melt. As it did, Gregor could be seen more clearly, soon, his hands and part of his body became visible. Then his face appeared, along with the rest of the body. Then, he was free of ice all together. He fell to the ground, lifeless.

Hans ran to him and flipped him over. Then men stared in awe of what happened and concern if their hard work had just went down the drain. Then, they heard coughing. Gregor sat up, staring at everyone. He was a tall, and easily in his late forties, but he was anything but frail. He had a certain presence about him; like he was in complete control of everything around him, and thus had a sense of authority. The hair on his head and short beard was not white as was expected for someone with the power of ice, but rather a silvery grew. He was dressed in brown clothing and wore a dark grey robe made out of lightweight furs. He got up, quickly finding his strength and corrected his posture, then he glared at Elsa, whose hands were still drawn out. Then he spoke.

"Feels good to be back!" said the Ice King.

As The Ice King rose, Hans stepped back.

"My king!" Hans spoke, "My name is Prince Hans of the Southern Isles... I am responsible for your release."

The king looked at him. "What year is this? How long have I been frozen?"

"Almost two centuries" Hans replied.

"So, my siblings… they are gone?" He asked, with a hint of sorrow. Hans nodded, but then his mood became more harsh as he said "Good riddance!"

Anna noticed how the men were focused on Hans and the Ice King rather than on her. She looked over at Elsa, who eventually looked back. Anna winked her eye, signaling Elsa to be ready for whatever she was about to do. Suddenly, Anna fell to her knees, out of the line of fire of the crossbows, whose wielders were still preoccupied. Elsa saw her chance, and made an ice sheet to protect her sister. With Anna out of harm's way, Elsa's first action was to send out the signal for her companions to come to her aid.

Jase, Kristoff, and Olaf were still waiting outside with the guard keeping watch on them. Suddenly, there was a strange noise coming from the cave. The guard turned to see a firework made of ice and snow coming out of the cave.

"What on earth?" we wondered, as Jase and Kristoff saw their opportunity. Kristoff head butted the guard unconscious, then he, Jase, and Olaf ran towards the cave, while Sven and the horses stayed behind.

Elsa turned to her attackers and began trapping the men in her icicles. Some ran to attack her, but she kept making miniature icebergs and pushing them at her attackers, either knocking them down or pinning them against the walls of the cave. Hans then drew his sword and ran to attack. Elsa threw a blast of ice at him, but he dodged it and swung his sword at her. He managed to hit her arm with his sword. Elsa recoiled her hand in pain, then dodged another attack by Hans, and formed a clump of ice up out f the ground and hit him in the head, knocking him over. In the meantime, Anna was working to cut herself free on a sword dropped by one of the men.

Gregor was watching this unfold, calmly observing his adversary before attacking. Elsa made eye contact with him, and immediately threw out both hands and threw a fury of ice and snow in his direction, in an attempt to re-freeze him. Gregor, who's only reaction was to narrow his eyes, simply put his hand forward, facing his palm at the beam of magic heading towards him, and captured the magic, stepping back a step from the impact. Elsa, Anna, and those who were still conscious stared in shock and amazement as the Ice King stood there with the magic glowing in his hands like a snowball. He gave a slight smile to Elsa as he spoke, "you are very powerful, my dear…" he said with a very calm, yet menacing voice. He threw the magic back at her, knocking her down, then finished "…but you are also, very inexperienced." By this time, Anna had cut herself free and was watching from behind her ice sheet with a sword in her hand.

Gregor, with his hands behind his back, slowly walked over to Elsa, who was trying to bet her bearings after falling down.

"I wish to thank you for freeing me, but you're obviously not with me... so why free me at all?" Gregor asked.

Hans replied, "She only freed you because I was holding her sister hostage. She is the queen of the kingdom of Arendelle and my…our enemy."

Elsa turned and, using the same technique she used on Hans, knocked Gregor with her ice, only he was able to land on his feet. He wiped his face as if wiping away the pain, and threw his hands at Elsa, and from his hands formed a matrix of snow, ice and magic. Wielding this matrix in a whip like manner, he wrapped it around Elsa's arm and pulled her around and slammed her into the back of the cave, in the exact spot he was imprisoned earlier.

"Elsa!" screamed Anna as she ran to her sister's side.

Gregor began walking in their direction. "I sense a great deal of power in you, Queen of Arendelle, more than even I possess; but you lack the skill necessary to defeat me…"

"Anna, get behind me" said Elsa as she stood in a defensive pose. Gregor stood there, cornering the sisters.

"The bond between siblings…" started the Ice King "the very bond that placed me in here. How I despise it!" he yelled as he attempted to freeze over Elsa and Anna. Elsa put her hands up and made a shield of magic. She held him off for a little bit, but the ice began forming around them.

"Anna… I can't hold him…off!" Elsa yelled as she struggled to keep them from being frozen over. Anna looked around franticly and saw that the ice beneath them was thin and a tunnel lay beneath them. She grabbed the sword she still had and raised it over her head.

"Elsa, get ready to fall!" screamed Anna, as she swung the sword down.

"Wait, what?!"

Anna hit the ground, but the floor didn't give. She swung again and this time it shattered and they fell below.

Gregor saw what had happened, but his ice already sealed the way to the tunnel. "Blast it!" he yelled, as he began using his powers to break the ice apart but by bit, unable to thaw it.

"That won't be necessary my lord, the queen is as good as dead!" said Hans

"How are you so sure, they could have easily survived that fall!"

"It's not the fall that convinces me, you see, I was able to cut the queen's arm…"

"and…?"

"…my sword was poisoned!"

The Ice king looked back to the ice, giving a slight smile. "So much for the Snow Queen!"

Cliffhanger...

So, the Ice King. I envisioned him as a mix of Darth Vader and Scar (Lion King), with the voice of Liam Neeson, but I didn't think I was able to capture that image in words.